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The Daily Echo, 1927-05-06

1927-05-06 page 01

SHORTRIDGE DAILY ECHO
FIRST AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL DAILY
VOL. XXIX. No. 163.
SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY. MAY 6, 1927.
TWO CENTS
SPRING CONCERT TO
BE GIVEN TONIGHT
Presentation of Varied Program
Comes After Weeks of
Long Practice.
1,1- CERCLE FHANCAIS.
The French Club will have a novel
program at the meeting Monday. It |
will meet at 3:10 in Room 12.
The stage is set, the piano Is lure'.
the participants are eager, in fact
everything is in order for the presentation of the lirsl Spring Concert by the
Musie- Department this evening at s:ir,
in Caleb-Mills Hall. After long weeks
of practice under the direction <>r Mrs.
McCormick, Mrs. Moag and Mr. Wise,
the girls' chorus, the Shortridge choir,
the orchestra and the Girls' Glee Cluh
will present an evening of delightful
entertainment,
Tlie soloist will be Harriet Payne,
violinist, and Robert Geis, baritone.
There will he* eive*r two hundred participants. The proceeds oi the concert
will go to the Music Department for
lb purpose* eif belying new music. Tills
is one of the best programs ever offered hy the department and the concert should he well supported.
♦
JAP FAIRY STORY IS
FEATURE OF MEEING
Magic Act Adds to Interesting
Session of Junior Drama
League Members.
GIRLS' DEBATING TEAM
WILL OPPOSE BEDFORD
Conflict .to .be .Staged, today
In Odeon Hall—Itedford
(■iris Entertained.
The meeting of the Junior Drama
League held yesterday included one
of the most "unusual as well as interesting programs of the season. The
program was in charge of Elizabeth
Dalman.
A report em "Trelawny of the
Wells." was read hy Virginia Hill. A
famous Japanese, fairy story was
rendered in Japanese hy Katherine
Peterson, who formerly lived in Japan. The final number on the program was a magician's ait by Walker
Downing, assisted hy Paul Duncan.
This afforded much amusement to tbe
audience.
This afternoon at 3:30, the girls'
debating team will oppose the girls'
team from Bod ford at Oeleon Hall in
the Metropolitan Scliool of Music.
Tin contest Is lln- first outside debate
in which the Shortridge team has ever
participated.
j The contest is under the auspices
en' the Girls' Debating League. Shortridge anil Bedford will debate the
question of creating "A Federal Department of Education." The; Shortridge team, composed of Ruth Marie
I Price. Mary Alice Scheffel and Valentia Meng, will take* the affirmative
side-of the argument. The Bedford
i team consists of Geneva Raum, Virginia Montgomery ami "Katy" Vermillion. The latter attended Shortridge last year anil was a member of
the Girls' Debating Lentigo.
I The judges chosen for ihe debate
I are Milton Mangus, attorney; Rev. I
Kldon Mills, pastor of the- Pirsl
Friends Church, und Dan A. Goodman
from the Indianapolis .'tar.
The league 'nTis been planning to
|entertain the visitors royally. The
I Bedford visiting team was to arrive
on the 11 O'clock bus this morning.
They were to be met at the statiein by
ithe Shortridge team. After luncheon
| at the Y. W. C. A., the* guests will;
; visit the scliool. After tbe de-hate is
held the visitors will be taken for a
short tour of lhe city. Thi1 two teams
Will have dinner al the Splllk-Arnis.
Later they will attend a Stuart Walker performance' at Keiths'. The visitors will spend the night at the Spink-
Arms Hotel, returning home Saturday morning.
TRUE BLUE CLUB WILL
HONOR TEAMS TONIGHT
Mr. Morrison Toast master at
Annual lianquet—Full
Program Planned.
When the church steeple clock
chimes six this evening tin- reception committee will be receiving tbe
distinguished guests en' tlie* nth le tie
banquet in the Shortridge lunch room.
This honored committee consists ol
Miss shoup. Miss McClellan, Lieutenant Naylor, and Tom Long. The
guests are to be a grand mixture of
coaches, Burtonians, tracksters, sll-
ver-tongiies, True Blue cluh officers
and pedagogues.
Coach "Shorty" .Morrison is masti'i
of ceremonies, commonly known as
toastmaster. It is rumored that his
eloquence, which was betrayed In a
recent Auditorium, will even afford
competition ror the* former speeches
of lhe present debating team.
A number eif attractive and i-iiie-ie-nt
True Blue girls constitute the waitress
Bquad. They will keep the guests
Well supplied with sugar lumps for
the customary target practice on bal-
iContinued on Page Kourl
SIR. n \i»i: (JAIXS HON'OR.
Mr. Wade has been appointed to
servo on the Committee of Chemical
Education for the American Chemical
Society.
PERSONAL NEWS.
As vacation looms up on the horizon Miss Allen is beginning to feel
the call of the Golden West. It's a
long, long way to San Diego' It's a
long way to go, but she expects to
be right there.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson will go to
Tipton to spend Mother's Day, Sunday.
Miss Hazel Wishard has been substituting this week in Miss Donnan's
classes.
Mr. Knight is reported to be an
adept at telling fish stories. His latest is said to be a whopper.
S. H. S. TRACKMEN*.
DEFEAT TECH 54-45
The Shortridge thlnly-clads who'
had not yet scored in varsity meets
this seuson. met and defeated the j
Tech track team scrubs by a score of
54-45 yesterday afternon at Tech field.,
Shortridge won five firsts, four see-:
onds, six thirds and both the mile ami
half-mile relays.
The varsity leaves at ten o'clock tomorrow morning for Bloomington j
where they will run in a curtain-
raiser to a Ilig Ten contest.
Mr. Seehausen had such a good
time on his recent trip east that he
is said to be planning to go again
this summer.
senators.
Une to Miss Donnan's absence
there "ill be no Senate meeting
this aitcrnoon.
PRIZE OFFERED FOR POSTER.
A prize of $50 has been offered by
the World Federation of Educational
Associations for tli*. best poster on
illiteracy. The contest is open to all
hii-li school students of the slate, as
we'll as tei elementary and normal
school sluilenls. The* posters must be
sent by July 15 to the University of
Toronto, Toronto, Canada,
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE
EOR FLOOD SUFFERERS
Orchestras and Best Acts of
Local Theaters will compose Lively Bill.
The motion picture houses of Indianapolis will combine their best talents for a mammoth show to be* given
at the Circle Theater tonight at eleven
o'clock for the- benefit of the Mississippi flood fund being sponsored by
the Red Cross. All of the proceeds
will go to the Red Cross. No money
will be taken out for the expenses.
Many Important actors including
George Gaul will be on the program.
The Stuart Walker Company will give
a short play. The first art of "Cradle
Snatchers" will be given by the Ber-
kell Players, Charlie Davis and his
Orchestra from the Ohio, the Royal
Peacock Orchestra, which is the main
feature of the Colonial this week will-
play for the Butler Junior Prom, and
then come to the Circle, and Emil
Seidel's Orchestra from the Apollo
will also add plenty of pep to the
program. The Circle, Lyric and Palace Orchestras will combine, making
one large concert orchestra. Dick
Powell, the singer, anil Roy Since-k the.
vitaphone artist have added their efforts to the program.
The scats are one dollar each and
may be obtained at the box oflice.
JfOTICE—SEXIOR BOVS!
The Raab Tailors at .". X. Penna. St.
have been selected to make 111 * - trousers I'm- those in the- class who will
need them. Please hand your name to
Charles McCreary, Session Heieun 9, at
assembly period hy Wednesday, May
11th, Go as soon as possible anil place
your order so as tei ge.t them before
the* last minute.
C. G. McCreary.
SKETCH IS GIVEN AS
AUDITORIUM PROGRAM
Songs of Hums Suntr by Chorus
Classes Directed by
.Mrs. McCormick.
A novel Auditorium se.s-.ieui was
he-lei yesterday. Tin. feature of thc
program was a sketch eif Robert
Burns and his family, written bj Miss
Pratt and directed hy Miss Pratt and
Miss Love. The playlet was announced liy Mr. Gingery. Those portraying the. characters we*re Robert
Burns, Nevil Ewing; Mrs. Hums,
Agnes An'derson; Mr. Burns, Malcolm
Snoddy; Highland Mary, Grace Ander-
suii. Ague's ami Grace, especially,
rendered their parts in the. real Scotch
style, as they Were both horn near
Glasgow, not far from tin. Burns country, The shawls and vests were
brought ilire-e'tly from their native
country. "Highland Mary" read iu eje-r
true* Scotch accent, "The Cotter's Saturday Night." "Highland Mary."
"Whistle, anel I'll Coma to you, M\"
Lad," anil "A Van's a Man for a That."
HighlaUt! Mary predicted that the
children of the Luture will sing 'It-ims'
Bongs. Tin* e-inkj^n opened, revealing
tin. chorus classes, directed bj Mrs.
McCormick.
Tin. following Ihirns' songs were
rendered: "My Heart's in the Highlands." "John Anderson, My Jo,"
"Whistle and I'll Come to You, My
Lad," "My Love is Like* a Red, Keel
Rose," "Ye Hanks and Braes of Bonny
Dune." "Flow Gently Swecl Alton."
and "AnLl Lang Syne."
The sketill and semi's wen- well
enacted, and showed much work and
cooperation on the parts of both the
pupils ami teachers.
GOLF TOURNAMENT
STARTS NEXT WEEK
The qualification round of the' Short-
ridge golf tournament will he held
Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14
on the South Grove golf links. There
will be no drawing for the* qualification round. Any two may play together on either clay. The score cards
must be turned in to Lt. Naylor by
Monday Kith at the latest and must
he signed hy two participants. There
will be a prize offered to the lowest
net score- in the- qualification round.
'rhe tournament proper will he played
Friday anel Saturday, May 20 and 21.
There will be* prize's also for the winner ami runner-up of the tournament
which will be match play. All boys
Interested in golf should see* I.t. Naylor not later than Wednesday, May
11th.
NOTICE.
Will all the members of the- Drama
League who have- not paid for their
part of the picurc do so at once.
Ebner Blatt, President.

SHORTRIDGE DAILY ECHO
FIRST AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL DAILY
VOL. XXIX. No. 163.
SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY. MAY 6, 1927.
TWO CENTS
SPRING CONCERT TO
BE GIVEN TONIGHT
Presentation of Varied Program
Comes After Weeks of
Long Practice.
1,1- CERCLE FHANCAIS.
The French Club will have a novel
program at the meeting Monday. It |
will meet at 3:10 in Room 12.
The stage is set, the piano Is lure'.
the participants are eager, in fact
everything is in order for the presentation of the lirsl Spring Concert by the
Musie- Department this evening at s:ir,
in Caleb-Mills Hall. After long weeks
of practice under the direction <>r Mrs.
McCormick, Mrs. Moag and Mr. Wise,
the girls' chorus, the Shortridge choir,
the orchestra and the Girls' Glee Cluh
will present an evening of delightful
entertainment,
Tlie soloist will be Harriet Payne,
violinist, and Robert Geis, baritone.
There will he* eive*r two hundred participants. The proceeds oi the concert
will go to the Music Department for
lb purpose* eif belying new music. Tills
is one of the best programs ever offered hy the department and the concert should he well supported.
♦
JAP FAIRY STORY IS
FEATURE OF MEEING
Magic Act Adds to Interesting
Session of Junior Drama
League Members.
GIRLS' DEBATING TEAM
WILL OPPOSE BEDFORD
Conflict .to .be .Staged, today
In Odeon Hall—Itedford
(■iris Entertained.
The meeting of the Junior Drama
League held yesterday included one
of the most "unusual as well as interesting programs of the season. The
program was in charge of Elizabeth
Dalman.
A report em "Trelawny of the
Wells." was read hy Virginia Hill. A
famous Japanese, fairy story was
rendered in Japanese hy Katherine
Peterson, who formerly lived in Japan. The final number on the program was a magician's ait by Walker
Downing, assisted hy Paul Duncan.
This afforded much amusement to tbe
audience.
This afternoon at 3:30, the girls'
debating team will oppose the girls'
team from Bod ford at Oeleon Hall in
the Metropolitan Scliool of Music.
Tin contest Is lln- first outside debate
in which the Shortridge team has ever
participated.
j The contest is under the auspices
en' the Girls' Debating League. Shortridge anil Bedford will debate the
question of creating "A Federal Department of Education." The; Shortridge team, composed of Ruth Marie
I Price. Mary Alice Scheffel and Valentia Meng, will take* the affirmative
side-of the argument. The Bedford
i team consists of Geneva Raum, Virginia Montgomery ami "Katy" Vermillion. The latter attended Shortridge last year anil was a member of
the Girls' Debating Lentigo.
I The judges chosen for ihe debate
I are Milton Mangus, attorney; Rev. I
Kldon Mills, pastor of the- Pirsl
Friends Church, und Dan A. Goodman
from the Indianapolis .'tar.
The league 'nTis been planning to
|entertain the visitors royally. The
I Bedford visiting team was to arrive
on the 11 O'clock bus this morning.
They were to be met at the statiein by
ithe Shortridge team. After luncheon
| at the Y. W. C. A., the* guests will;
; visit the scliool. After tbe de-hate is
held the visitors will be taken for a
short tour of lhe city. Thi1 two teams
Will have dinner al the Splllk-Arnis.
Later they will attend a Stuart Walker performance' at Keiths'. The visitors will spend the night at the Spink-
Arms Hotel, returning home Saturday morning.
TRUE BLUE CLUB WILL
HONOR TEAMS TONIGHT
Mr. Morrison Toast master at
Annual lianquet—Full
Program Planned.
When the church steeple clock
chimes six this evening tin- reception committee will be receiving tbe
distinguished guests en' tlie* nth le tie
banquet in the Shortridge lunch room.
This honored committee consists ol
Miss shoup. Miss McClellan, Lieutenant Naylor, and Tom Long. The
guests are to be a grand mixture of
coaches, Burtonians, tracksters, sll-
ver-tongiies, True Blue cluh officers
and pedagogues.
Coach "Shorty" .Morrison is masti'i
of ceremonies, commonly known as
toastmaster. It is rumored that his
eloquence, which was betrayed In a
recent Auditorium, will even afford
competition ror the* former speeches
of lhe present debating team.
A number eif attractive and i-iiie-ie-nt
True Blue girls constitute the waitress
Bquad. They will keep the guests
Well supplied with sugar lumps for
the customary target practice on bal-
iContinued on Page Kourl
SIR. n \i»i: (JAIXS HON'OR.
Mr. Wade has been appointed to
servo on the Committee of Chemical
Education for the American Chemical
Society.
PERSONAL NEWS.
As vacation looms up on the horizon Miss Allen is beginning to feel
the call of the Golden West. It's a
long, long way to San Diego' It's a
long way to go, but she expects to
be right there.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson will go to
Tipton to spend Mother's Day, Sunday.
Miss Hazel Wishard has been substituting this week in Miss Donnan's
classes.
Mr. Knight is reported to be an
adept at telling fish stories. His latest is said to be a whopper.
S. H. S. TRACKMEN*.
DEFEAT TECH 54-45
The Shortridge thlnly-clads who'
had not yet scored in varsity meets
this seuson. met and defeated the j
Tech track team scrubs by a score of
54-45 yesterday afternon at Tech field.,
Shortridge won five firsts, four see-:
onds, six thirds and both the mile ami
half-mile relays.
The varsity leaves at ten o'clock tomorrow morning for Bloomington j
where they will run in a curtain-
raiser to a Ilig Ten contest.
Mr. Seehausen had such a good
time on his recent trip east that he
is said to be planning to go again
this summer.
senators.
Une to Miss Donnan's absence
there "ill be no Senate meeting
this aitcrnoon.
PRIZE OFFERED FOR POSTER.
A prize of $50 has been offered by
the World Federation of Educational
Associations for tli*. best poster on
illiteracy. The contest is open to all
hii-li school students of the slate, as
we'll as tei elementary and normal
school sluilenls. The* posters must be
sent by July 15 to the University of
Toronto, Toronto, Canada,
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE
EOR FLOOD SUFFERERS
Orchestras and Best Acts of
Local Theaters will compose Lively Bill.
The motion picture houses of Indianapolis will combine their best talents for a mammoth show to be* given
at the Circle Theater tonight at eleven
o'clock for the- benefit of the Mississippi flood fund being sponsored by
the Red Cross. All of the proceeds
will go to the Red Cross. No money
will be taken out for the expenses.
Many Important actors including
George Gaul will be on the program.
The Stuart Walker Company will give
a short play. The first art of "Cradle
Snatchers" will be given by the Ber-
kell Players, Charlie Davis and his
Orchestra from the Ohio, the Royal
Peacock Orchestra, which is the main
feature of the Colonial this week will-
play for the Butler Junior Prom, and
then come to the Circle, and Emil
Seidel's Orchestra from the Apollo
will also add plenty of pep to the
program. The Circle, Lyric and Palace Orchestras will combine, making
one large concert orchestra. Dick
Powell, the singer, anil Roy Since-k the.
vitaphone artist have added their efforts to the program.
The scats are one dollar each and
may be obtained at the box oflice.
JfOTICE—SEXIOR BOVS!
The Raab Tailors at .". X. Penna. St.
have been selected to make 111 * - trousers I'm- those in the- class who will
need them. Please hand your name to
Charles McCreary, Session Heieun 9, at
assembly period hy Wednesday, May
11th, Go as soon as possible anil place
your order so as tei ge.t them before
the* last minute.
C. G. McCreary.
SKETCH IS GIVEN AS
AUDITORIUM PROGRAM
Songs of Hums Suntr by Chorus
Classes Directed by
.Mrs. McCormick.
A novel Auditorium se.s-.ieui was
he-lei yesterday. Tin. feature of thc
program was a sketch eif Robert
Burns and his family, written bj Miss
Pratt and directed hy Miss Pratt and
Miss Love. The playlet was announced liy Mr. Gingery. Those portraying the. characters we*re Robert
Burns, Nevil Ewing; Mrs. Hums,
Agnes An'derson; Mr. Burns, Malcolm
Snoddy; Highland Mary, Grace Ander-
suii. Ague's ami Grace, especially,
rendered their parts in the. real Scotch
style, as they Were both horn near
Glasgow, not far from tin. Burns country, The shawls and vests were
brought ilire-e'tly from their native
country. "Highland Mary" read iu eje-r
true* Scotch accent, "The Cotter's Saturday Night." "Highland Mary."
"Whistle, anel I'll Coma to you, M\"
Lad," anil "A Van's a Man for a That."
HighlaUt! Mary predicted that the
children of the Luture will sing 'It-ims'
Bongs. Tin* e-inkj^n opened, revealing
tin. chorus classes, directed bj Mrs.
McCormick.
Tin. following Ihirns' songs were
rendered: "My Heart's in the Highlands." "John Anderson, My Jo,"
"Whistle and I'll Come to You, My
Lad," "My Love is Like* a Red, Keel
Rose," "Ye Hanks and Braes of Bonny
Dune." "Flow Gently Swecl Alton."
and "AnLl Lang Syne."
The sketill and semi's wen- well
enacted, and showed much work and
cooperation on the parts of both the
pupils ami teachers.
GOLF TOURNAMENT
STARTS NEXT WEEK
The qualification round of the' Short-
ridge golf tournament will he held
Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14
on the South Grove golf links. There
will be no drawing for the* qualification round. Any two may play together on either clay. The score cards
must be turned in to Lt. Naylor by
Monday Kith at the latest and must
he signed hy two participants. There
will be a prize offered to the lowest
net score- in the- qualification round.
'rhe tournament proper will he played
Friday anel Saturday, May 20 and 21.
There will be* prize's also for the winner ami runner-up of the tournament
which will be match play. All boys
Interested in golf should see* I.t. Naylor not later than Wednesday, May
11th.
NOTICE.
Will all the members of the- Drama
League who have- not paid for their
part of the picurc do so at once.
Ebner Blatt, President.